How was your month for Free Range Naturism?

[jbeegoode]

John B, by the way you all talk, it looks like you took advantage of every beam of sunlight that poked through the clouds, making a quite special occasion of the worship each time. I think that during those 2 1/2 years that I had in Paris, there was sun 65 days each year, maybe 150 in total. When the sun did peek through, the result was glorious, and still I can feel it in my memory. Every so often, I could look out across the fields and suburbs to Versailles from my apartment window. The grass was florescent against turquoise and a few white tuffs, shadows danced under trees. Anyway, a 50 year old memory, or impression of climate and weather patterns may be out of kilter.

My October has not started out well. This is my third day laid up on the couch, with a swollen foot, waiting for steroids to do magic. Seems that, while barefoot, a jumping cholla pricker mainlined into my Morten's Neuroma nerves and has created a very painful local inflammation problem. Other than the crippled march to the urgent care and pharmacy, I have been naked. Ever drive a clutch with your heel, while banging the rest of the foot and shin into the bowels of the lower dashboard? I had never had it happen, then within one hour I was attacked by not one, but three cholla prickers! A friend said that it must be Mercury Retrograde again. Well, maybe I'll hobble out onto the patio today and enjoy the cool breeze and fall into a naked bliss.
Jbee

[jbeegoode]

Nuduke, you have done it again! Mense mirabile! Where in the HE.L do you come up with this stuff! I looked up mirabile dictu, there ain’t no just mirabile to be found and the def varied from site to site, kinda vague. Then I noticed some comments where people were attempting to figure it out and where ANYBODY had seen it EVER used. One guy said William F..ggin Buckley used it a few time in the sixties. Then, there were references to obscure literature from way back, from a couple of people who obviously just read, with some peculiarly ignorant concept of the real world as they see it through construct from an education fifty years ago in a contemptuous  ivory tower.
So, I dug a little deeper (I’m not ambulatory to a degree the last couple of days, time on my hands). It is on the friggin’ New York Times recently published a list of 50 fancy words that most frequently stump their readership! I looked up this word and it lead me to this list! I thought to take a stab and throw out one of these sui generis profligacies…Sorry if I just offended you, but I’m actually not quite sure if I did, or was complimentary!...I’ve got this dang epistemic thang going on…so rather than exhibiting ersatz competition to the wordmeister that I pay homage to…
…Anyway there was one useful word in there that we might use here, so no one can understand us, ATAVISTIC…relating to the behavior of one’s ancestors in the distant past; Eg. The chieftain urged his tribe to curb their atavistic urges and refrain from unnecessary violence…
…I’m off to the porch to sit and listen to the wind pass by…with an occasional sensual blessing as it cruises across my body…ah yes, some more atavistic pursuits….
Jbee

[HairlessNude]

I spent the majority of the month nude. I did have to wear clothes for nine days though, when I worked as a fill in for a friend that went on tour with his band. There were a few other times that I had to dress to go to town also.

This month started out ok, but the temps have been dropping too quickly! It's looking like outdoor free range nudism is going to be almost over for this year pretty quickly. I'm already really looking forward to February, when my wife & I will be heading south for our nude cruise in the Carribbean.

[nuduke]

Nuduke, you have done it again! Mense mirabile! Where in the HE.L do you come up with this stuff! I looked up mirabile dictu, there ain’t no just mirabile to be found and the def varied from site to site, kinda vague. Then I noticed some comments where people were attempting to figure it out and where ANYBODY had seen it EVER used. One guy said William F..ggin Buckley used it a few time in the sixties. Then, there were references to obscure literature from way back, from a couple of people who obviously just read, with some peculiarly ignorant concept of the real world as they see it through construct from an education fifty years ago in a contemptuous  ivory tower.
So, I dug a little deeper (I’m not ambulatory to a degree the last couple of days, time on my hands). It is on the friggin’ New York Times recently published a list of 50 fancy words that most frequently stump their readership! I looked up this word and it lead me to this list! I thought to take a stab and throw out one of these sui generis profligacies…Sorry if I just offended you, but I’m actually not quite sure if I did, or was complimentary!...I’ve got this dang epistemic thang going on…so rather than exhibiting ersatz competition to the wordmeister that I pay homage to…
…Anyway there was one useful word in there that we might use here, so no one can understand us, ATAVISTIC…relating to the behavior of one’s ancestors in the distant past; Eg. The chieftain urged his tribe to curb their atavistic urges and refrain from unnecessary violence…
…I’m off to the porch to sit and listen to the wind pass by…with an occasional sensual blessing as it cruises across my body…ah yes, some more atavistic pursuits….
Jbee

Hey Jbee!  I am ashamed to admit that mensa mirabile (marvellous month) was obtained by far less intellectual processes that you have assumed - the following thought process occurred:
I've had a marvellous month for naturism." Thought I.  The next thought (for what reason defeats me) was that of the Queen's christmas speech a few years ago when a lot of crap had happened to the royal family and she described her year (to the entire British & Commonwealth public) as an annus horribilis - horrible year.  "I wonder, John" said my brain to me, for it has known me a long time and is very familiar and calls me by my forename "if there is a similar latin epithet that would make a suitably erudite description of the fun I've had.  What would 'marvellous month' be in latin?"
So I got google translate up and bingo!  By the way, when I use translation websites I also take the translation and try alternatives and translate it back to check that it coughs up the original or close.

Thus it was that in 30 seconds I had created a neat latin epithet for my situation.  No classical training (I did Latin to o level!), no erudite quotation sources, I'm afraid.

However, the pleasant consequence is that we have generated a bit of philological discussion on the subject.  Your semantic redaction was far more academic than my tactical addition!

Really sorry to hear about your foot.  Must be really bad to keep you in bed.  I have been suffering something of the same - I trod on a prickly hedge cutting about 4 or 5 days ago.  Seemed ok but by the third day still painful and sore but not swollen but I eventually could feel a very thin thorn in my heel.  This led to having to dig it out with a scalpel and tweezers and it got really uncomfortable the next day (monday) as I had to do a lot of walking in C London and standing in a conference centre.  However much better now and no pain.  Hope yours continues to return to normal, Jbee.  Where would we all be if your adventures were curtailed!

John

[nuduke]

Dear fellow naturists,

What fantastic weather we are having in the UK at the moment.  Mid october and I've been sitting naked in the garden and am now basking in the hot sun coming through the patio doors of the kitchen as I type this (It was too sunny outside to see the screen!).

My wife and the decorator left the house on Friday mid day (er...not together, by the way, he having finished the job and she off to a weekend event) and I have been naked ever since at work, rest and play except for bits where I had to go round the front of the house and once yesterday when I felt a bit chilly. 

It's like a spring day today with bright sun and cool but very light breezes, the grass is soft underfoot, the flagstones on the path are warm and the clear skies on Friday gave opportunity for some naked astronomy albeit crisp in temperature.  I have been doing jobs in the house and garden, admin on the PC and yesterday I reached that delicious, self-hugging moment when I realised I was naked having ceased to notice during the preceding hours i.e. that it felt normal and natural enough not to be noticeable.  I should have done a walk but I have been busy at home and frankly feeling a bit lazy to get togged up to do the walk and lose a bit of guaranteed naked time at home.

A Top quality Sept/Oct for me!

John

[jbeegoode]

 Hello Nuduke,
Glad to hear all is going well with your new home and your able to spend quality naked time in and out of the house. Its a great feeling. Having a free weekend and perfect weather sure was a bonus glad you were able to take advantage of it.
DF

[balead]

Although September was a reasonably sunny month, I had the feeling that I hadn't taken full advantage of it. Still got out quite a few times though. I do regret not having a small secluded garden to take full advantage of any sun instead of having to cycle for 30 minutes to get somewhere that I can, when it might disappear as soon as I get there.

Surprisingly to me, the sun encouraged me to get out four times in early October. I was reminded once again that the temperature doesn't need to be that high to sunbathe comfortably in a place sheltered from any wind. High 50Fs is enough as long as the sunshine is constant. In fact I've found that high 50Fs/low 60fs can be ideal for me in those circumstances. Many times over the years of my free range activity I've needed a pullover in the wind for the journey to and from my chosen spot where I have spent hours naked.

That's it for me this year unless there's any freak weather, which is unlikely. I am no longer a naturist, inside or outside, because I can't be, living in the wrong country for a sun and warmth lover. This is a sad time for me. I'm really going to miss being naked and free in the countryside, but have no choice but to wait for next year. I HATE WINTER.   

 

[jbeegoode]

As Bill Clinton used to say, "I feel your pain."

I would surely find myself as a refugee in reverse, heading south, to escape the oppression of winter. I'd hitchhike, join a circus, even crawl to escape the maddening blight. I could see myself on my rubber blowup swimming pool raft, naked on the gulfstream heading to the Canary Islands and washing up on shore, parched and mouth of sand, yet a new found relief. A naked stowaway on a freighter bound for...

Was the colonization of the Americas started for economic reasons, or the gold of sunshine? Surely, there have been wars fought for sunshine, perhaps the Alamo, where northerners went to southern Texas in droves. Have you ever noticed how the Spanish colonization of the American west ended where the winters became harsh? Was it coincidence? Rome spread around the Mediterranean and left England first, as it contracted. Greece went east. The wars of the Pacific were always fought in the South Pacific! Hawaii was taken. And why have natives of the Americas and ancient Celtic and pagan realms always been characterized as SUN worshipers?

I make jokes, but I do feel your pain and grief. You are looking at things realistically and looking to take advantage of each opportunity and every crack in winter's wall.
Jbee

[nudewalker]

The last few days has brought about a change here also. When the last cold front went through it seemed that the leaves began to change overnight, it began to get dark sooner and there is a chill in the air. Just north of us they may see their first snowflakes and we are expecting our first frost of the season. In other words winter is approaching and I am ready to migrate south. The misses thinks that I have already experienced a few days of SAD already. I think it is symptoms from an abrupt end to any FRN with the onset of the weather and hunting season. Or a combination of both?

[jbeegoode]

I used to experience SAD. That and florescent lights seemed to combine. That was before it was accepted. When I moved to Arizona, I realized the difference. When I moved to the bay area and began to take extended business trips back north, I rediscovered the malady.

The snowbirds complain about the shoveling the stuff. I used to love the snow. It was the SAD. After a heavy snow, the front moves and there are blue skies.

For all time, animals and people have done annual migrations. Rather than a malady that someone is designing a pill for right now, maybe it should be looked at as one conforming to ones own nature. Could it be an inner clock? As long as the weather suits your lack of clothing, you're probably okay.

I'm looking forward to stories, when you get south and get naked with the ducks, butterflies, hummingbirds and other migratory wildlife.
Jbee
 

[balead]

Thanks for your sympathy Jbee. I imagine most naturists in this country feel the same, except most of them will be looking forward to at least one sunshine holiday to get through the winter. As an impecunious old age pensioner, there will be no cracks in winter's wall for me.

Of course there is at least one exception to this - Ian (milfmog) who will carry on regardless of temperature.

[nuduke]

Dave,

Over our years of correspondence, I have come to recognise your seasonal pattern.  You have a hard time with winter, wishing that the enforced wearing of clothes that the winter demands could be otherwise.  I think you feel it more acutely than most of us, but we all understand and share your hibernal depression.
So I and your other friends here can but offer you our sympathies and hope you overwinter as comfortably and peaceably as you can.

One thing that also happens that has been more obvious in the last 2 or 3 years is that you tend to 'hibernate' too!  This winter, don't go off the forum.  Stay with us, offer your wit and wisdom and perhaps the light of comradeship in the cold winter's dark will at least metaphorically light and warm your winter existence a bit.. In other words, keep in touch, mate.  Let's hear from you and try to cheer you up a bit during this winter!

SADly yours

John

[milfmog]

Dave,

I have a colleague who, like you, suffers winter blues or SAD as we apparently meant to call it these days. Last year his GP recommended that he tried a local sunbed place for no more than 10 minutes once a week. The idea being that it would help to maintain some naturally produced vitamin D and might just make a difference.

Nick had no issues with SAD last winter. He still did not like getting up in the dark, going to work in the dark, going home in the dark etc but he did not suffer the depressed moods of the previous 40+ winters. He has just restarted his weekly sunbed sessions and intends to keep them up until he can get out in natural sunlight again. I asked about cost and he tells me that by paying in advance his sessions work out at around £4 a week, less than he used to spend on vitamin supplements.

Might be worth a try if you have somewhere local. At the very least you would maintain a bit of a base colour ready to make the most of the returning sun next spring.

Have fun,


Ian.

[balead]

Thanks for the kind words John. I don't know whether it affects me more than most naturists in this part of the world, but at this time of year I always resent not having any possibility of living my preferred lifestyle until well into the next year.

Thanks for the suggestion Ian, but I don't think I suffer clinically from SAD and a sunbed cannot replace being outside in the sun and air so I don't think it would benefit me. Good point about keeping up the tan, but I can usually make the most of the sun in the spring as long as I start early enough.

[nuduke]

Yes, Dave
Resentment is the word.  Nothing we can do about it of course but the feeling of being cheated out of summer is an annual underlying impression at this time of year.  I think we all suffer from SAD to a degree.  I know I have been suffering each year not during  the winter so much but when the better weather returns in spring, I realise how much better I feel and how energised.  Not in a zing pow superman sort of way, just realise about late April/Early May I have much more motivation to do stuff.

It occurs to me, Dave, that you may get your GP to prescribe you UV treatment if you are sufficiently clear about your SAD (i.e. do the research and intone the symptoms.  I had a mad great uncle, now long deceased, whose hobby apparently was being a hypochondriac, or rather pretending to be one, in order to debunk members of the medical profession.  My grandmother, his sister, once told me, when I was a young boy, that he would spend ages in the public library swatting up on some really rare disease and then pay good money to visit an eminent specialist and intone the symptoms he had learned.  Usually the practitioner was stumped, not least from seeing a patient in apparently rude good health.  My great uncle would return home and triumphantly exclaim in respect of the hapless medic: "See, the man's a fool!"  I have no idea how often this happened but apparently there were at least a few occasions!  See what you can do with your GP, Dave ). 

Albeit that the nights are drawing in, the temperature has been ok-ish over the last few days. I have been naked indoors a lot and so sadly for my bank a/c, the central heating has been deployed here and there.  However, today I was organising my garage - it is chaos and a dumping ground after our house move and I needed to get some order into it so I could do DIY etc as we fit up our house to our liking (spending half an hour rummaging every time I want a 1 1/2" 8 or a 7mm masonry drill has got to improve!!).  With the wife out all afternoon and evening I did the whole thing naked and heeded not the slightly chilly temperature because a) I was nude and how else should one be? and b) the effort and motion kept me warm.  I enjoyed myself and felt a real SN doing the chores naked for a long spell (couple of hours) and unconcerned about the slight chance of being seen by a passer by through the window of the garage where there is a very oblique view to the road but only from about 30% of the floor area.

John